Giles Dunning: Picking the right buyer for an IFA business

How do you sort the wheat from the chaff?

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Selecting a purchaser for your advice firm is one of the biggest decisions a business owner will ever make. Giles Dunning shares his insight on the best way to narrow down potential suitors

Making the decision to sell your business can be hard enough. But even more challenging is having a number of bids on the table - how do you sort the wheat from the chaff? There is every reason to believe 2021 will be a good year to sell. We are seeing pent-up demand and evidence of renewed confidence, with relative stability in the markets and a group of well-funded consolidators hungry for acquisition. The 3 March Budget has now passed without the changes to capital gains tax (CGT) and business asset disposal relief that many had anticipated. That said, we may well see more speculat...

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